Remembering Dr. Norman E. Borlaug on His 105th Birth Anniversary

E.D. Israel Oliver King, Principal Scientist M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation Email id: oliverking@mssrf.res.in

Dr Norman Ernest Borlaug - Inspiring Youth

• Born on March 25, 1914 in Cresco, Iowa, to Henry and Clara Borlaug

• Known as a champion of high-yield crop varieties and agricultural innovations to help fight hunger in developing nations

• 1970: recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

• 1977: Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom

• 1987: Borlaug created the World Food Prize with John Ruan, which recognized the work of scientists and humanitarians who have helped fight world hunger through advanced agriculture

• 2006: Recipient of Congressional Gold Medal

• 1994: Global Youth Institute initiated by John Ruan and Dr. Norman Borlaug

• Passed away at the age of 95 in 2009.

Global Youth Institute

Around 200 exceptional high school students from across the United States and other countries are selected to participate in the three-day events happens in Mid October in Des Moines, hosted by WFP foundation

• Global Youth Institute Mentors

meet

• Students round table discussions

• Participate in the Borlaug Dialogue and symposium discussions with global leaders in science, industry and policy

• World Food Prize Award Ceremony

World Food Prize President Ambassador Kenneth M Quinn

Interacting with GYI Mentors

• Global Youth Institute student delegates round table discussion

• Present papers they have researched and written on a critical aspect of food security, and discuss their findings with international experts and their peers

• Participating in the Global Youth Institute held in Iowa, students are eligible to apply for a

prestigious Borlaug-Ruan International Internship

• all-expenses-paid, eight-week hands-on experience, working with world-renowned

scientists and policymakers at leading research centers in Africa, Asia, Latin America

and the Middle East.

Borlaug-Ruan International Interns

The World Food Prize has sent nearly 300 students on Borlaug-Ruan International

Internships at 34 of the top agricultural research centers and institutions around the world in

Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, including: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Costa Rica,

Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Peru,

Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkey

Mark Gee

Nike Grandstaff

Sara Gammon

On the Occasion of 20th Anniversary of the Borlaug- Ruan International Internship

"Rise to the Challenge" 2018 Borlaug Dialogue International

Symposium October 17-19, 2018 | Des Moines, Iowa

Themes of the Borlogue Dialogue 2018

• Hunger, Conflict, and Peace

• Nutrition: Rising to the Challenge

• CRISPR: Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities

• Transforming Indian Agriculture Through Digital Innovation

• Biodiversity and Better Food Systems

• Agripreneur: Financial Institutions and Capital Investment in Agriculture

• Startups: The Next Crop of Agribusiness Leaders

• Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation

• Public-Private Partnerships: Ending Hunger & Malnutrition through Collaboration

The World Food Prize Hall of Laureates Des Moines, Iowa

Norman Borlaug Award 2018 for Field Research and Application Endowed by Rockfeller Foundation

• Dr. Matthew Rouse, a plant pathologist at the Cereal Disease Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been named the 2018 recipient

• leadership efforts to contain and

reduce the impact of Ug99, a devastating new race of the stem rust pathogen

• Poses a serious threat to the world’s wheat crops and global food security.

World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony in the historic Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines

“Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture”

• Awarded in recognition of individuals who have advanced

human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability

of food in the world

• Dr. Lawrence Haddad and Dr. David Nabarro honored as the 2018 World Food Prize Laureates

• for their individual efforts in reducing maternal

and early childhood malnutrition in Africa, South Asia and Latin America.

With World Food Prize Laureates

"Food is the moral right of all

who are born into this world”

Norman E. Borlaug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAyyu8ZmP5E&feature=youtu.be